Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Colombo (Latin: Archidioecesis Columbensis in Taprobane) is a Latin metropolitan archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church, whose ecclesiastical province covers all Sri Lanka plus the Maldives (which are within the archbishopric).
As of June 2022 the president of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Sri Lanka is Bishop Harold Anthony Perera, the bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Kurunegala. The secretary general of the bishops conference is Bishop J.D. Anthony, auxiliary bishop of Colombo. The conference is an incorporated entity in Sri Lanka. [1]
This is a list of diplomatic missions in Sri Lanka. Map of diplomatic missions in Sri Lanka. Diplomatic missions in Colombo ... Ireland [1] [15]
The Catholic Church in Indian Ocean island states of Sri Lanka and Maldives is solely composed of one Latin ecclesiastical province, comprising a Metropolitan archdiocese and twelve suffragan dioceses, all in Sri Lanka, which jointly constitute the (bi)national Episcopal Conference of Sri Lanka. The Maldives have no actual jurisdiction, but are ...
Sri Lanka [1] Syria [1] Tanzania ... Irish Department of Foreign Affairs This page was last edited on 17 December 2024, at 00:13 (UTC). Text is ...
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Badulla (Lat: Dioecesis Badullana) is a diocese of the Latin Church of the Roman Catholic Church in Sri Lanka. Erected as the Diocese of Badulla in 1972, the diocese was created from territory in the Diocese of Kandy. The diocese is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Colombo. Its cathedral is St. Mary’s church.
Franciscan Friar Vicente, the chaplain of the fleet, celebrated Mass. This is the first record of a Catholic Mass on Sri Lankan soil. Over the next few centuries, Portuguese, Dutch, and Irish missionaries spread the religion in Sri Lanka, most notably on the western and northwestern coast, where in some places Catholics are half the population.
Roman Catholic bishops in Sri Lanka by diocese (7 C) 0–9. 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Sri Lanka (1 C, ...